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or_o to_o administer_v the_o sacrament_n these_o thing_n have_v we_o thus_o at_o large_a &_o more_o full_o entreat_v of_o to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o king_n highness_n and_o his_o parleament_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o people_n may_v well_o understand_v how_o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o a_o unusual_a and_o unaccustomed_a thing_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n that_o private_a &_o inferior_a minister_n as_o they_o call_v they_o in_o their_o own_o right_n and_o in_o their_o own_o parochial_a parish_n without_o any_o authority_n from_o the_o bishop_n shall_v exercise_v even_o the_o high_a censure_n of_o the_o church_n and_o that_o in_o sundry_a place_n of_o the_o realm_n there_o be_v no_o preeminence_n in_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o censure_n attribute_v to_o a_o bb._n above_o a_o minister_n nay_o which_o be_v more_o then_o be_v attribute_v to_o a_o bb._n above_o a_o excommunication_n no_o more_o pre-eminence_n give_v to_o a_o bb_n then_o to_o a_o minister_n or_o to_o a_o lay_v man_n in_o some_o place_n for_o the_o use_n of_o excommunication_n lay_a man_n yea_o then_o to_o such_o a_o lie_v man_n who_o be_v authorize_v only_o by_o a_o lie_v man_n to_o his_o office_n which_o be_v evident_a by_o the_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n and_o censure_n exercise_v a_o long_a time_n by_o lay_v man_n in_o the_o peculiar_a jurisdiction_n of_o newton_n gronbie_n anstic_n soak_v of_o rothelie_o evington_n and_o other_o parish_n &_o hamlette_n in_o the_o county_n of_o leycester_n the_o officer_n of_o all_o which_o place_n for_o their_o spiritual_a authority_n have_v not_o have_v any_o other_o warrant_n than_o such_o only_a as_o have_v be_v sign_v sometime_o under_o the_o hand_n and_o seal_n of_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o earl_n of_o huntingdon_n decease_v sometime_o of_o the_o honourable_a sir_n henry_n grey_n knight_n sometime_o of_o henry_n skipwith_n esquire_n and_o sometime_o of_o other_o for_o the_o avoid_n therefore_o of_o sundry_a 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archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n within_o their_o province_n of_o one_o other_o common_a and_o usual_a kind_n of_o pretence_a spiritual_a jurisdiction_n and_o use_v of_o the_o censure_n which_o the_o archb._n and_o sometime_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n sede_fw-la archiepiscopali_n or_o sede_fw-la episcopali_fw-la vacant_a exercise_n and_o last_o of_o that_o spiritual_a kind_n of_o jurisdiction_n &_o censure_n so_o call_v of_o the_o church_n which_o suffragans_n and_o archdeacon_n have_v and_o do_v use_v as_o touch_v which_o suppose_v spiritual_a power_n both_o of_o the_o archbishopp_n &_o archdeacon_n because_o the_o same_o their_o power_n do_v only_o belong_v unto_o they_o jure_fw-la consuetudinario_fw-la &_o non_fw-la scripto_fw-la by_o unwritten_a and_o not_o by_o write_a law_n i_o must_v conclude_v against_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o archbishopp_n prerogative_n and_o against_o the_o archdeacon_n jurisdiction_n in_o all_o case_n as_o out_o of_o st._n cyprian_n king_n henry_n the_o eight_o conclude_v against_o the_o pope_n viz_n that_o their_o authority_n can_v not_o be_v from_o christ_n because_o christ_n say_v
ego_fw-la sum_fw-la via_fw-la veritas_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la he_o never_o say_v ego_fw-la sum_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la touch_v the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n the_o papal_a law_n be_v abrogate_a how_o the_o same_o may_v lawefullie_o now_o be_v use_v otherwise_o then_o by_o sufferance_n and_o consent_n of_o the_o king_n and_o realm_n i_o know_v not_o but_o of_o all_o spiritual_a authority_n exercise_v at_o this_o day_n in_o the_o church_n of_o england_n the_o same_o seem_v to_o draw_v most_o near_o to_o the_o semblance_n of_o the_o government_n practise_v by_o the_o apostle_n and_o primitive_a church_n and_o may_v be_v approve_v in_o many_o point_n if_o so_o be_v the_o dean_n and_o chapter_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o senate_n of_o preach_v elder_n do_v no_o more_o commit_v the_o execution_n of_o their_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n to_o the_o wisdom_n of_o one_o vicar_n general_a or_o principal_a official_a than_o they_o do_v put_v over_o the_o leass_v of_o their_o 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shall_v be_v license_v and_o limit_v unto_o they_o to_o take_v do_v and_o execute_v by_o any_o archbishopp_n or_o bb._n within_o their_o diocese_n to_o who_o they_o shall_v be_v suffragans_n under_o their_o seal_n and_o that_o no_o such_o suffragan_n shall_v use_v any_o jurisdiction_n ordinary_a or_o episcopal_a power_n otherwise_o nor_o long_a time_n then_o shall_v be_v limit_v by_o such_o commission_n to_o he_o give_v upon_o peyne_n etc._n etc._n from_o which_o act_n touch_v the_o use_n &_o exercise_v of_o episcopal_a power_n and_o censure_n by_o the_o suffragan_n we_o may_v again_o safe_o conclude_v that_o the_o episcopal_a power_n grant_v by_o the_o bishop_n to_o be_v use_v by_o the_o suffragan_n be_v not_o of_o divine_a right_n and_o institution_n but_o only_o from_o humane_a devise_n and_o ordinance_n for_o the_o suffragan_n can_v not_o exercise_v any_o power_n call_v spiritual_a or_o episcopal_a unless_o by_o the_o bb._n he_o be_v nominate_v by_o the_o king_n elect_v and_o present_v by_o the_o archb._n consecrate_v and_o by_o commission_n under_o the_o bb._n seal_v authorize_v in_o what_o manner_n and_o for_o what_o time_n he_o shall_v exercise_v the_o same_o custom_n then_o be_v not_o from_o heaven_n but_o from_o the_o earth_n and_o again_o the_o bb._n commission_n limit_v the_o suffragans_n delegated_a power_n be_v of_o man_n and_o not_o of_o god_n it_o follow_v necessary_o that_o that_o episcopal_a power_n which_o the_o bishop_n use_n and_o exercise_v in_o england_n can_v not_o be_v divine_a but_o humane_a because_o episcopal_a authority_n which_o be_v divine_a be_v convey_v from_o the_o royal_a and_o soverayne_a authority_n of_o our_o saviour_n christ_n the_o giver_n of_o all_o power_n unto_o every_o officer_n within_o his_o church_n can_v not_o be_v transfer_v to_o any_o other_o person_n by_o the_o same_o bb._n by_o the_o king_n by_o the_o body_n of_o the_o state_n or_o by_o custom_n for_o the_o king_n person_n and_o body_n of_o the_o state_n not_o 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